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Netflix fires Kevin Spacey from 'House of Cards'
- Thread starter ZeoVGM
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You seriously think this asshole is gonna have another role in anything after all the shit that has been revealed about him? Really?
It's not happening.
Oh he's gonna continue acting. He'll just go indie. He could fund a studio himself if he wanted. Plus there are other equally huge markets (eg, China which is poaching hollywood actors) that hold no scruples about such things.
Remember when Mel Gibson's drunken rant was the biggest public "scandal" in hollywood? I am utterly disgusted by the amount of sexual assault, rape and attempted rape that went on in Hollywood. Corey Feldman has been talking about it for years and no one believed him. This is upsetting and angering at the same time.
All these rotten pedophiles and sexual harassers need to be locked up.
All these rotten pedophiles and sexual harassers need to be locked up.
We're just seeing the tip of the iceberg. This is decades and thousands of abusers in the making. It is by now an integral element of a $100 billion industry.
This is the worst part for me about him being a piece of shit, I love that movie and now cant watch it again.
Spacey is synonymous with his roles because he usually played a rendition of himself. Creepy Spacey (House of Cards), Serious Spacey (American Beauty), Comically overacting Spacey (Superman), Mellow Spacey (K-PAX).
An entire library of classics now ruined or at the very least made creepy.
An entire library of classics now ruined or at the very least made creepy.
It's kind of interesting how these kind of people can act in movies like American Beauty, which is, in huge parts, about a middle-aged man being attracted to an underaged person and at the final moment realizing that it wouldn't be appropriate to take advantage of a young person who very likely doesn't fully understand what he/she is getting into.
And then they go ahead and go through with that shit in real life.
And then they go ahead and go through with that shit in real life.
Good lord this is all going so fast. Netflix clearly has their own reasons because their staff complained as well. Those may be anonymous to us but not for Netflix. However unless i'm mistaken all the other accusations except of course for Rapp are anonymous though, right? If he's now being investigated by police too, Spacey that is, we probably haven't heard the last of this yet.
It's almost impossible to prove things that happened so many years ago but apparently he misbehaved at the Netflix set too then.
It's almost impossible to prove things that happened so many years ago but apparently he misbehaved at the Netflix set too then.
Normally i would say that too. I don't jump to conclusions too fast, but exactly what you said, Netflix staff confirmed things too. They spoke of a toxic workspace, well....ok then. If all the other allegations turn out to be true too he really can't just get away with that. But how do you prove such a thing?
OR...Spacey chose/pushed for the role because he felt he could act himself.
This is the article about the Netflix staff
https://www.avclub.com/new-allegations-say-kevin-spacey-made-the-house-of-card-1820098246
I however then do wonder why these people didn't come forward sooner and waited until Rapp started talking about the situation he was in when he was 14. I am not doubting it, don't get me wrong but you'd think people would go straight to Netflix and inform them of the behaviour.
https://www.avclub.com/new-allegations-say-kevin-spacey-made-the-house-of-card-1820098246
I however then do wonder why these people didn't come forward sooner and waited until Rapp started talking about the situation he was in when he was 14. I am not doubting it, don't get me wrong but you'd think people would go straight to Netflix and inform them of the behaviour.
Spacey was the most powerful person on that set and they were worried about their jobs.
That;s just so goddamn wrong when you think about it. Well these are good developments then.
I could definitely be wrong, but I remember reading when the allegations started and the show went on hiatus for a bit, there was talk that filming of the season was two-thirds of the way through. It's definitely going to be expensive, but scrapping him out entirely and giving Robin Wright the sole lead role is the right move.
Last season's writing was so bad i hope it kills the show.
If it was good and with Spacey in it I would watch though. An actor is not a character.
Same goes for Heidegger or Polanski. A piece of art, a writing, a film is not it's author and vice-versa.
But of course you gotta have a good Judiciary system that ensures they get punished for what they did.
Let's hope more victims come forward now.
If it was good and with Spacey in it I would watch though. An actor is not a character.
Same goes for Heidegger or Polanski. A piece of art, a writing, a film is not it's author and vice-versa.
But of course you gotta have a good Judiciary system that ensures they get punished for what they did.
Let's hope more victims come forward now.
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Good decision. The show itself has been in a death spiral for several seasons, with season 5 being horrendous, just kill it. The show building around Claire as the main character sounds like a disaster, as her character has been one of the biggest factors in the shows downfall.
Claire has just a single facial expression throughout the entire show. She's like an uninteresting robot.
Man the amount of careers being flushed by social media "exposed" revelations is frightening. If I were in Hollywood and had done ANYTHING remotely shady in my past, drunk/sober or otherwise. I would be shitting myself right now.
I could barely get through season 2 and 3. Stopped watching shortly after that.
Also the first scene in season 4 is ridiculous and gross and an awful way to kick off a new season.
CGI actors from here on out. Holograms show up to accept their Academy Awards.
I have to say it fills me with a bit of joy to see these guys get bitten ever so deservedly so in the ass by karma. Anyway i didnt watch the show, but the more of a stance taken in situations like this the better.
Millionaires firing millionaires to keep their name clean one more day until it's their turn to have a personal scandal isn't something I'm interested in, they could witness someone killing toddlers and they wouldn't give a crap until it's made public. I hope they just kill the show though, the first two seasons were pretty good but now it feels like a damn soap opera. Last season was a drag with its crazily weak and nonsensical plot and cringe dialogues.
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This is so stupid it made me laugh.
What Spacey was he in Pay it Forward?
This is the second time I've seen you asking about why people don't come forward. The answer is the same as the last time. Please stop.
I wonder if there are more serious allegations coming Spacey's way, because this seems a like a bit of overreaction if it's just that one incident.
Edit: Oh, I've seen they have from later posts.
https://www.avclub.com/new-allegations-say-kevin-spacey-made-the-house-of-card-1820098246
Edit: Oh, I've seen they have from later posts.
https://www.avclub.com/new-allegations-say-kevin-spacey-made-the-house-of-card-1820098246
It mystifies me how either of you read that post and take it as giving a shit about the crew in any way whatsoever. It's looking at an actor being fired for some horrible things and thinking "well what about my viewing experience" above all else and I think it's ridiculous to look at something like this and be upset about how it inconveniences you personally.
I thought that was pretty apparent but if it makes me "nasty" then whatever I guess.
Timeskip
Frank is in jail (Claire doesn't give him the pardon)
So frank is trying to kill/fuck claire from jail
With the help of Doug
We never saw frank, so the season is just about
Doug vs Claire
Or
Frank dies off screen in jail and Doug prepare his vengeance on Claire on the name of frank.
Kinda work isn't?
Frank is in jail (Claire doesn't give him the pardon)
So frank is trying to kill/fuck claire from jail
With the help of Doug
We never saw frank, so the season is just about
Doug vs Claire
Or
Frank dies off screen in jail and Doug prepare his vengeance on Claire on the name of frank.
Kinda work isn't?
Yeah, saw it later in this thread
That said, you have to wonder how the hell can thing like this be kept secret from Netflix? Didn't they know for previous 5 seasons dude was toxic and sexually harassing coworkers on the set? Most likely they did and just ignored it.
He's still in a ton of great films, featuring work done by many people besides Kevin Spacey. Are we just going to delete everything he's been in now?
I think you mean my post from yesterday? That was about my conversation with a friend of mine. He was the one that wondered why it took people so long and I said I had no idea. I don't recall that I asked this before.
But with that being said the incident with Netflix staff at least is recent, that could be proven if there actually is going to be a case which remains to be seen. But people from years ago, how can they prove it?
They're afraid. When you're a low-on-the-totem-pole PA, you're easily replaceable. Easy to think that you could not only lose your job and but be totally blacklisted for reporting on your show's biggest star (who is also one of its producers). That's why predators like Spacey and Weinstein are allowed to get away with this shit for so long: they know the people they're harassing and abusing are never going to say anything for fear of retaliation.
The only reason these people feel free to come forward now is because they see that the momentum is on their side to get their stories out and not have them dismissed or be punished for telling them.
Yeah, no big studio going to be involved with Kevin Spacey after this mess. Not after weinstein
Baby driver sure as hell sound a bit unfortunate after this case...
Baby driver sure as hell sound a bit unfortunate after this case...